Microsoft Edge Web Summit 2016 schedule

Monday 4th April 2016

In 2015, Microsoft launched its first new browser in 20 years: Microsoft Edge. After 8 months, it's on a great trajectory but we're just getting started. Join us to learn about the progress we've made, feedback we've heard, and a whirlwind tour of improvements coming soon.

We’ve been immersing ourselves in your feedback, reviewing development trends, and meeting with partners and developers around the globe to inform where we take EdgeHTML next. In this session we'll take you through our plans for 2016, starting with our upcoming release and concluding with some longer-term investigations and investments in the future of the web platform.

We designed Microsoft Edge to work the way you do, with cool features that let you do more right in the browser. In this talk we'll walk through how we're learning from feedback to build a vision for the future of the browser, from top-requested power-user features to major investments in new ways to look at the web.

Browser exploits are a big deal. Browsers present a huge target population and extensive attack surface, and in recent years attack methods have matured and been productized like never before. In this talk we'll walk through what we're doing to make Edge safer than any browser we've ever shipped with improvements like MemGC, module code integrity, and AppContainer isolation.

Whether we are on social media, shopping or banking, almost all of our connections have the same first experience: enter your username and password. Enter the FIDO Alliance and the W3C. The FIDO Alliance is a collection of organizations working to move the web off of the password dependency and on to a cryptographically strong credentials. In this talk, we'll introduce you to .msCredential, an experimental version of the FIDO API implemented in Microsoft Edge, powered by Windows Hello.

All users appreciate a fast and responsive website. The Windows Performance Toolkit is one of the most powerful tools available for analyzing performance. In this session, you'll learn the basics of recording and analyzing a trace with the Windows Performance Toolkit. We will also go into a few of the tricks used by the Edge team's performance engineers to optimize sites.

There are so many potential projects we could spend our time on, but like most engineering teams, we have limited time. Since our time is finite, how do we go about deciding which features, bugs, or enhancements should get this valuable resource? Ultimately, it comes down to a variety of inputs, and one of the most important inputs is data. Come learn about some new tools that we’re making public to help you see how this data plays into the decision making process.

Modern browsers are rapidly converging on a set of standardized APIs for plugin-free, interoperable real-time communications. This session will cover development of real-time communications applications for the web and mobile devices using Microsoft Edge as well as open source libraries to enable interoperability across platforms and mobile devices.

Earlier this year, we open-sourced ChakraCore, the heart of the JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and the Windows 10 Universal App Platform. Today we'll walk you through what's new and what's next in ChakraCore, including some upcoming work like Modules, WebAssembly and ES2017 and beyond. We'll also walk you through embedding ChakraCore, our interoperable debugging APIs, and the exciting work happening with NodeChakra.

In this talk we will look at some of the new features in the Edge developer tools and how they can make your life as a developer easier. We’ll be focusing on performance and accessibility with examples of how to fix real world issues using the Edge developer tools.

Part of powering the web platform for hundreds of millions of customers is figuring out what to do with all the bugs - bugs in the browser, bugs in web sites, and bugs in framework and third party apps. Our ecosystem team works with developers of every size to chase down issues impacting our mutual customers and to build a better browser for everyone. Take a look at how we do that, how you can get a hold of us, and some new tools to make it easier than ever to give feedback on EdgeHTML.

Extensions have been the top-requested end-user feature of Microsoft Edge since we launched, and we're excited to be previewing extensions in Edge starting with Windows Insider Preview build 14291. In this talk we'll walk through how we're working to build a trustworthy extensions ecosystem, while making it easy for developers to easily write interoperable extensions that enhance the browsing experience.

It's been a long day! Join us after the day's sessions for an afterparty co-hosted with SmashingConf SF, featuring Smashing's Jam Sessions and a hosted bar. Relax, unwind, and make some friends! Open to all attendees of Edge Web Summit and SmashingConf SF 2016.